Razor-strop.



No. 816,635. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906. E. P. ZARBOOK.

RAZOR STROP,

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13, 190s.

WITNESSES: N VE N TOR A TTOHNE Y8 UNITED STATES PATENT curios.-

ERNST F. ZARBOCK, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MONTGOMERYWADDELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAZOR-STROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

'10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNsr F. ZARBOOK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Centralia, in the county of Marion and State ofIllinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in razorstrops, having for an object toprovide a simple construction by which the razor may be readilysharpened and brought to the desired edge for shaving; and the inventionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a razor-stropembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, somewhatenlarged in order to illustrate the different layers of the strop.

By my invention I provide a flexible-metal razor-strop which may beemployed to put the edge on the razor and will require but a momentstime in order to secure such edge.

As shown and preferred, the strop comprises a'body A, which may be ofany suitable textile fabric or other material, and is supplied on oneside with a metal layer B of aluminium and on the other side with afinishing layer C, preferably of silk. In preparing the metallic surfacethe body A is coated with any suitable solution containing pow deredaluminium or by rubbing the metal in a finely-powdered state on thesurface of the body A, or it may be otherwise applied to or incorporatedwith the body A in manufacturing the strop, the purpose being to providea flexible body having an aluminium surface or layer.

In practice I preferably use loose-woven linen to form the body A andapply to it a coating of rubber-cement. The aluminium is then applied ina powdered state by sifting or sprinkling it upon the rubber coat andpressing it into the same. After this the metal surface is coated withbanana-oil. By another method I first make a viscid mixture of powderedaluminium and banana-oil and then apply it to the fabric A.-

The finishing side, consisting of a silk strip 0, may be secured to thebody A by any suitable paste or cement. The strop may be supplied, ifdesired, with a handle D at one end and a hook E or other suitablefixture at its other end, by which the strop may be suspended.

I thus provide a flexible razor-strop having on one side an aluminiumsurface, which will quickly bring a razor or other cutting-blade to asharp edge, and on the other side a fin ishing-surface, which willremove the wire-' edge produced by the metal side.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The razor-strop herein described, consisting of a flexible body, ametallic layer on one side thereof and a finishing layer of silk on theopposite side of said body, substantially as described.

2. The razor-strop herein described comprising a flexible body, a layerof aluminium on one-side thereof and a finishing layer of silk on theother side of said body, substantially as described.

3. The razor-strop having finelydivided metallic aluminium incorporatedin its surface, substantially as described.

4. A razor-strop comprisin a soft nonmetallic portion, the surface ofwhich is covered with finely-divided aluminium mixed with an appropriateviscid substance, substantially as described.

ERNST F. ZARBOCK.

Witnesses.

J. H. SELBY, WM. J. KoHL.

